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Bess Bagley Developments Limited 01/01/2022

Freelance Technology Executive

>Digital Expertise - established a consulting practice providing advisory services to PE funds and portfolio companies across sectors - specialising in due diligence and value creation through technology and AI - delivering technology assessment, transformation roadmaps and innovation

Homely.co.uk 01/01/2023

Board Advisor & Chief AI & Technology Officer (Acting)

>Entrepreneurship - co-founded a UK FinTech start-up developing AI-powered mortgage affordability and property technology solutions - accelerating the consumer journey by 60% and enabling banks to identify 8.5m qualified potential customers, expanding revenue opportunities >Innovation & OD - built a fully automated operating model with no HR, finance or marketing overheads - reducing scale-up costs by £500k per annum - shaping the technology roadmap and positioning the company for growth - holding P&L accountability of £2.5m with a £1m budget

Warwick University 11/01/2024 - 04/30/2024

Strategic Advisor - Digital Transformation

>Advisory & Transformation Leadership - engaged by a Russell Group institution to jump-start digital transformation & build AI capability across research & operations - enhancing operational efficiency and underpinning £150m cost savings - supporting £330m external research funding >Innovation Leadership - expertly built a comprehensive AI strategy & execution framework for research acceleration - reducing research cycle times by 30% and accelerating research output by 15% - underpinning Warwick's rise above Cambridge and Oxford in university league tables

Purplebricks plc 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2023

Interim CTO

>Transformation Leadership - appointed by a UK hybrid estate agency (online platform & local experts) to stabilise & modernise tech function (£3m budget) rebuilding digital organisation into an agile product-based model - reducing costs by 20% (£3m) & decreasing time to market (30%) >Technology Architecture - rebuilt technology stack using a buy-commodity build-IP strategy, reducing operational costs by 10% (£1 million) and increasing customer satisfaction by 45%, successfully establishing a high-performing data-led team with offshore partnership support >M&A - led the technology stream through the business sale process and subsequent integration and carve out to new owners - positioning technology assets for optimal valuation and ensuring a seamless transition - delivering a strategic technology roadmap for post-acquisition growth

KERB 01/01/2022 - 07/31/2024

CTO (Part Time) & Executive Team Member

>ESG - built AI models for a global smart parking & mobility platform ($20m budget) monitoring and projecting traffic challenges in urban environments - specifically reducing traffic congestion in key Manila locations by 565% - leading to a strategic acquisition by a major property company >Innovation & NPD - designed & built IoT devices for monitoring & managing traffic flows across roads, car parks and airports - creating a new core revenue proposition and expanding market reach - increasing company revenue by 350% (£25m) and establishing a competitive advantage >OD - rebuilt global delivery teams (8 countries) driving a 15% cost reduction (£5m) boosting speed-to-market by 200% and achieving a customer NPS score of 80 across all operations >M&A Leadership - led technology stream through investment and sale processes - securing $6m inward investment, followed by a successful full company acquisition - positioning technology assets for optimal valuation and ensuring a seamless transition to the new ownership structure

CBRE 01/01/2020 - 12/32/2021

Global Chief Digital & Technology Officer - GWS

>Digital Transformation - appointed by the world's largest commercial real estate services company to fix underperforming technology function and drive smart buildings innovation ($13bn business line) managing $400m budget with $20m P&L accountability across operations >AI Innovation - built an AI-powered preventative maintenance analytics service combining data science and predictive algorithms - creating a new global revenue stream of $8m YR1 with a $150m annual forecast for YR3 - winning multiple industry awards for innovation excellence >BPR - championed an enterprise-wide technology simplification project - reducing application estate from 1026 applications to 40 core systems - delivering a $50m annual cost reduction and streamlining business processes - enabling scalable operations across global real estate portfolio >CRM & Stakeholder Mgmt - led an account transformation for a major global bank - moving the client from exit path to new $1bn contract - delivering a 200% increase over original agreement

Experian plc 05/01/2016 - 01/31/2020

Chief Information Officer - UKI and EMEA

>Digital Transformation & AI Leadership - led a global technology transformation for one of the world's largest credit reference agencies and data analytics companies across EMEA (£850m budget) building world-first AI platforms (Trusso £100m and Ascend $800m revenue streams) >M&A & Value Creation - integrated over 15 global acquisitions onto a new technology platform and operating model - underpinning 8% global growth (£200m) reducing operating costs by 18% (£300m) and generating $50m additional annual revenue - winning multiple awards for innovation

Capita plc 01/01/2013 - 05/31/2016

Chief Technology Officer

Logica plc 12/01/2011 - 01/31/2013

Chief Technology Officer

Cisco 02/01/2010 - 12/31/2011

Senior VP, Advisory Services - EMEA

Electronic Data Systems 10/01/1995 - 02/28/2010

Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer